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03-21-2016, 08:24 PM | #1 |
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K98k Why was the cleaning rod retained?
I'm doing some research on Mauser cleaning kits and I see in the 30s the Germans went to a stamped steel, double hinged door box that held a pull through chain for bore cleaning. Why was the cleaning rod retained?
If it was for stacking, did rifle stacking take place anywhere after 1914 except in training camps? The scene in Breaker Morant where the Boers knock down the stacked Enfields shows the folly of doing so. The shitty thing is they were probably still connected. I have a Russian capture Vz. 24 Romanian with an incompletely scrubbed King Karel II crest on it. It has what I assume to be some Russian made cleaning rod because it has a hole through it on the non-threaded end that is perfectly round and about the diameter of a wooden pencil's lead. It cannot attach to other rods or hold a patch in a slot like other Mauser cleaning rods. I note that Czech/Slovak manufactured Vz. 24s for domestic use have more normal looking slotted rods. Is this some Russian contrivance or did the Romanians have a different kit or doctrine? If it's not used for cleaning or stacking it's wasted weight, a hindrance to mounting the bayonet and just something to catch vegetation in the field. I put mine in a parts drawer along with the annoying sight hood and cavalry swivel in the grip (made wooden plugs to fill the holes to keep dirt out, it can be re-installed when ownership passes).
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04-29-2016, 01:24 PM | #2 |
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I don't know much of anything but I think the pull thru cleaning kits were made for a field quick cleaning. The rod was more of an after action or stand down time so to speak. I think.
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04-29-2016, 03:47 PM | #3 |
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A rod will knock out a stuck case. Hell knowing German's love of all sausage's it could serve to cook sasuages over an open flame.
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04-29-2016, 05:39 PM | #4 |
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sure it isnt some goofy ak or sks rod?
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04-29-2016, 06:24 PM | #5 |
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04-30-2016, 11:19 AM | #6 |
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08-31-2018, 01:31 PM | #7 |
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I thought the purpose of the cleaning rod on the K98k was for soldiers to put three short pieces together to make one full length rod to clean their rifles.
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09-05-2018, 04:51 PM | #8 |
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